Drawing the Female Form

George B. Bridgman, Ben Pinchot

Designed primarily for beginning artists, this excellent reference combines the precise results of the photographed figure with progressive drawings by a noted figure-drawing teacher whose works on anatomy have become classic references for art students.

The well-illustrated manual provides painters, illustrators, and sculptors with invaluable instructions on rendering the intricacies of the female figure. George Bridgman's use of photographs and his drawings provide beginning artists with a suitable alternative to the use of costly live models for drawing exercises and studies in musculature and light.

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Contents Title Page Copyright Page INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION There are many books extant that deal with the human figure portrayed photographically as well as graphically. And each publishing season finds a fresh series thrown into the market. So many volumes are typographically and artistically engaging, but with that perfection of beauty their purpose appears to end. Most of them are collected from diverse sources (and therefore lack uniformity of creation) and are usually without

invaluable aid to the beginner and student. We have chosen to do most of our photographs of the female form. To translate the power of beauty, so perfectly exemplified by a lovely woman’s body, is a task toward the success of which the artist must fortify his creative powers with the perfect technique that comes only of long and stubborn and enduring practice. And it is our hope that this volume will reach the field that needs it the most—that of the talented and ambitious beginner who needs to

invaluable aid to the beginner and student. We have chosen to do most of our photographs of the female form. To translate the power of beauty, so perfectly exemplified by a lovely woman’s body, is a task toward the success of which the artist must fortify his creative powers with the perfect technique that comes only of long and stubborn and enduring practice. And it is our hope that this volume will reach the field that needs it the most—that of the talented and ambitious beginner who needs to